The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-03-09

opened last week Wednesday with large
attendance. The dramatic entertainment
given by the Sons of Veterans was very sue
cessful. They visited South Royalton on
Friday evening and repeated it to large
audience. - Amos Il, Wright has moved
into A. q. Underhill's house at the lower
end of the village, and the house left vacant
by him is soon to be occupied by a Mr.
Flanders from Bradford, father-in-law of
George Hutchinson.
Corinth.
OWING to the impossible state of the roads
our town meeting was not fully attended.
49, Because of the sudden change in the
weather we are having a large amount of
sickness, sore Threats and lung troubles be-
ing quite prevalent - w. ID. b. Avery
is still confined to the house, but is now
able to sit up nearly all the time. -
Homer l.. Kinney, who has so long been
helpless and blind, is again very low. Mon
day morning he was lying in stupor, from
which it was feared he could not be aroused
East Corinth.
WE have had snow-storm, commencing
Saturday and lasting all day Sunday. About
eighteen inches fell. 60 There was a
lyceum Monday evening in school-house
hall. Also one in the ROBBIE district Tues
day evening. 60 Last Thursday evening
quite a number from this place attended an
exhibition given by the Lime Kiln Club at
East Topsham. 60 There was an exhibit
ton in school-house hall last Friday even
ing. All had pleasant time.
West Randolph.
DURING 1886 there were seventeen births
and fourteen deaths in town. The
spring term of the graded school begins the
14th. - Rev. V. NJ. Hardy preached at
the Methodist church Sunday afternoon,
Rev. II. A. Spencer being unable to get
through from the Center. - The Good
Templars will present a drama here in a
few weeks. 80 A son was born to Mr..
and Mrs. George u. Cowdery last Thursday.
- David Parker, who recently died in
Boston, was born in this town. He was
one of the oldest merchants in the leather
and shoe business in that city. He left
town poor boy in 1896. - Minnie
Brooks visited in East Bethel last week.
80 Mrs. Tanner is visiting in Marshfield.
- Mrs. Emily Cone, prominent
woman in North Randolph, died recently
at the age of seventy-three. = Cards are
out announcing the marriage of Fred Du-
Bots and Belle Dudley on the 10th. -
Mr., Huse will soon move his family from
Winooski into Mrs. Hincher's house. He
works in the furniture factory. - Pro-
fessor Whitehill is spending his vacation in
Washington, ID. G. Mrs. Whitehill is in
Manchester n. III. - The mother OF
Mrs. j. d. Mitchell has returned to Claren-
don. - Angie Pike of Mortified is visit
ing in town. - Mary Lamson had a
birthday party last week. - Eddie
Brooks has been working in the telegraph
Office at South Royalton. - Willis How
ard has finished work for Tewksbury &,
Sons. - DIR. w. S. Curtis was in New
York last week - o. S. Mcintosh had
the fingers on his right hand cut off Monday
- Henry w. Tewksbury is not quite as
well, but nothing serious is apprehended
- Eugene Williams has moved into
OR
- Mrs. NJ. A. Smith and daughter
Hattie are spending few days in Boston
- l.. M. Reed, Esq, of Bellows Falls
will deliver the address here Memorial
day. - Albert r. Wainwright is able tc
be on the street again. - Bert Gay and
wife of Gaysville visited Mrs. Gays home
this week. - Albert Chandler, pres
dent of the Commercial Telegraph Com
pany of New York, has been in town looking
after the building of his fine house on the
Lombard site. Tewksbury & Sons have
the contract for building the barn
Strafford.
THE dwelling-house and out-buldings o
Miss Nancy j. Marsh, situated a mile nortl
of the village, were totally consumed by
fire on the evening of the Sd instant. Cans,
of fire unknown. The furniture and cothn!
on the first floor were saved. All in tho
chambers was lost Insured for $500
here had public installation of its officers
which took place at the town hall on thu
evening of the 25th ultmo. Following
these exercises was an address by Rev S
A. Parker, setting forth the principles anC
claims of Free Masonry Directly after
wards Blaisdell's band of Concord gave ont
of its attractive concerts, to which more thai
two hundred tickets We're sold. 1t is no
often that the people of our smaller town
have an opportunity to enjoy music of ST
! high an order. - Our remodeled tow
hall proves alike convenient for meetings
entertainments and dances. Further i'm
provements and repairs are to be made tn
great depth of snow (thirteen feet, measure,
| when fallen) and the condition of the roads
more than one hundred eighty voters at
tended town meeting A good part of thu
! old officers were reelected. S. b. Buell. be
comes town agent in place of ID. c. Hyde
| G. A. KILLING succeeds, as school superin
tendent, Rev. j. S. Staples, who is soon t.
remove from town. j. E. Kendall of tn
| lower village is first constable in place o
| III. G.. Hazelton and II. G. Hatch is ouste,
from the office of town treasurer by tn
friends of S. +. Frary, the successful candi
date. The town debt was reduced $50
the past year. 1t is now about 81 300. -
! Fifty volumes of new books will be adde'
to the town library this week
West Topsham.
II. l.. WATSON has gone to Burlington t
take another course of medical lectures
-O o. b. Cove has sold his farm an,
| farming tools to a Mr.. Huntington o
| Corinth for 81 400. - The administrato
of the late John Peake's estate decided tn
farm last week to Mason Curtis for $500 ant
the village place to Den. Densmore for S465-
about one-half what the property ought Il
have brought. - Henry Colby ha
bought the j. p. Sargent place at Eas
Orange, with about sixty acres of land, O
| Aaron Chubb - The oldest inhabtant
say they never saw the snow in Yves
| Topsham so deep as at present, and still
keeps coming. If it was not for tn
pension money paid to claimants in thi
town there certainly would be great destitu
ton and suffering among some of on
citizens
Tunbridge.
THE Woman's Christian Temperance
Union reading-room is now open to the pull
| lie - The twelve inches of snow tina
| fell Sunday was very nearly the last feathe
for some buildings. - A four-horse loa,
CT youngsters passed through this plac
Saturday They tried to sing Goodbye
my lover" but they had colds. - Tow
meeting was not very largely attended, bu
| il was very entertaining. - The schoc
in the South village closed February q
Mary Osman, jamie, Heber and Jane
Howe, Bertha Arthur and Frank How
were not absent during the term. Fran
Northrop and VERNE Wills were absen
one day. VERNE Wills missed but on
word in spelling during the term. =-
Whitney Post and Relief Corps will give
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